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and connected to the heads B B by means of bolts and nuts :v .fv, as seen.

EDWIN F. HU'IcIIINsoN, on AUBURN, MAINE.

4Lettera .Patent Na,' 7 ,0.44, dated Apr'z'l 21, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN; LAND-soma.'

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To ALL WIIoM-IT MAYeoNeERN: v

Bc it. known-that I, EDWIN F. HU'rcHINsoN, of Auburn, in the county of Androsooggin, and in the State of Maine, have invented ,new and useful Improvements in-Land-Rollers; and I do hereby'v'deelare that the following is a full, oiear, and exact description there?, referencebeing had to'the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specifica-tion.

Figure 1 represents a view of the roller with broken linesat the end, showing a section of the head'B. Figure 2 represents an end view'of the roller. I I

In the annexed.v drawings, -A represents a cylindei,`of -suitabier'rze, which muy be ofwood ojother moterial. At each end/.of thiscylinder is a cast-iron head, B. This headjs a circular disk, having an'outer-projecting ilunge around the entire circumference, and is provided withxrl suitable journal, d, in its centre. One of these heads is placed at each end 'of the oylindcrA, and a series of Ametal staves, C G, is secured over the4 cylinder, I

In s'ome cases I-rnay dispense with-the cylinder A, and connect' the stares C Gto the heads B B alone. By'mea'ns of these heads B B, a roller can be easily made, and of any size or' material'. The roller-,is-conneeted to any frame by means of its journals d d, and suitablev bearings therefor on the frame. f

It will be seen thatl the heads B B are solidr plates, with llanges 'and journals ongtheir exteriors, as described,

and prevent the ingress of clodsof dirt, or stones or otherr substances when the "roller is in operation. By means of these plates, as constructed, I can regulate Athe weight of theroller to s uit the earth that is being rolled.; for instance, I may use thc roller without any llingat all, or I can extract one of the heads from the staves, and place ailling, A,.cr a-partial lling, when desired.

I ani aware that a I uler constructed cf a series of staves, andrc'ennected by bolts'to a metal band orlw'heei n at cacherd, is not new. A y

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The metallic heads B B, consisting of solid metallic plates, Ivith'exterior ang'es and journals,'as specified,A

and used in combination with' staves 0,. connected by the4 bolts z, in the manner as s'etforth. In testimony that I claim theforegoing, I have hereunto set my-hund, this 16th day of January, 1868.

` I 'EDWIN vl?. .HUTOHINSON. Witnesses:

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